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"Flare" Definition

noun

A brief wavering blaze of light.
A device that produces a bright light for signaling, illumination, or identification.
A solar flare.
An expanding or opening outward.
An outbreak, as of emotion or activity.

verb-intransitive

To become suddenly angry. Used with up: He flared up when she alluded to his financial difficulties.
To burst into intense, sudden flame.
To erupt or intensify suddenly: Tempers flared at the meeting. His allergies flared up.
To expand or open outward in shape: a skirt that flares from the waist; nostrils that flared with anger.
To flame up with a bright, wavering light.

verb-transitive

To cause to flame up.
To signal with a blaze of light.

verb

To burn with an unsteady flame.
To stream in the wind.
To shine with a sudden light .
To become suddenly excited or angry .
To break out or intensify usually suddenly or violently .

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